Louis VERNAS dit DUFRESNE

(b. 12 March 1711 , L'Ange-Gardien, Montmorency, Canada, New France d. 19 January 1785 , Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures, Province of Québec, Canada )

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Louis VERNAS dit DUFRESNE was born 12 March 1711 in L'Ange-Gardien, Montmorency, Canada, New France

Louis VERNAS dit DUFRESNE was the child of Louis VERNAS dit DUFRESNE and Marie-Charlotte MARTIN and the grandchild of: (maternal) Joachim MARTIN and Anne-Charlotte PETIT

Spouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):

Louis married Genevieve DUVAL 21 October 1736 in L'Islet, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Genevieve DUVAL was born 19 October 1715 in L'Islet, Québec, Canada (L'Islet-sur-Mer) (Notre-Dame-de-Bon-Secours). Genevieve died 28 February 1775 in L'Islet, Québec, Canada (L'Islet-sur-Mer) (Notre-Dame-de-Bon-Secours). Genevieve was the child of François DUVAL dit DUPONTHAUT and Marie-Anne BOUCHER.

Louis VERNAS dit DUFRESNE died 19 January 1785 in Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures, Province of Québec, Canada.
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Québec Généalogie - Over time, Québec has gone through a series of name changes
From its inception in the early 1600s until 1760, it was called Canada, New France.
1760 to 1763, it was simply Canada
1763 to 1791 - Province of Québec
1791 to 1867 - Lower Canada
1867 to present - Québec, Canada.

Thanks to Micheline Gadbois MacDonald for providing this information.

Québec Généalogie - What is a 'dit/dite' name? When the first settlers came to Québec from France it was a custom to add a 'dit' nickname to the surname. The English translation of 'dit' is 'said'. The Colonists of Nouvelle France added 'dit' names as distinguishers. A settler might have wanted to differentiate their family from their siblings by taking a 'dit' name that described the locale to which they had relocated. The acquiring of a 'dit' name might also be the result of a casual adoption, whereby the person wanted to honor the family who had raised them. Another reason was also to distinguish themselves by taking as a 'dit' name the town or village in France from which they originated. This custom ended around 1900 when people began using only one name, either the 'dit' nickname or their original surname.

Source: American-French Genealogical Society, Woonsocket, Rhode Island (www.afgs.org/ditnames/index1.html)

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Louis VERNAS dit DUFRESNE married

Genevieve DUVAL-- Date: 21 October 1736 Place: L'Islet, Canada, New France
Genevieve DUVAL was the child of François DUVAL dit DUPONTHAUT and Marie-Anne BOUCHER

Children of Louis VERNAS dit DUFRESNE and Genevieve DUVAL:

Marie-Geneviève VERNAS dite DUFRESNE (b.12 October 1739, Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures, Canada, New France d. 19 May 1767, Berthierville, Province of Québec, Canada )
m. Joseph-Noël PROVOST 18 August 1760 in Lavaltrie, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine)

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1711 Birth
12 March 1711
L'Ange-Gardien, Montmorency, Canada, New France

1715 - September 1 - Louis XV becomes King of France

1720 - June 10 - Mrs Clements of England markets first paste-style mustard

1736 Marriage / Partner
Louis VERNAS dit DUFRESNE and Genevieve DUVAL 21 October 1736 , L'Islet, Québec, Canada (L'Islet-sur-Mer) (Notre-Dame-de-Bon-Secours)

He was 25 years old.

1739 Birth of Child
Marie-Geneviève VERNAS dite DUFRESNE was born 12 October 1739, Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures, Québec, Canada

Louis was 28 years old.

1753 - The lightning rod is invented (Benjamin Franklin, United States)

1760 Marriage of Child
Marie-Geneviève VERNAS dite DUFRESNE married 18 August 1760, Lavaltrie, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine) to Joseph-Noël PROVOST

1763 - France cedes its North American posessions to Britain by the Treaty of Paris, ending the Seven Years War (French and Indian War). Quebec City French-speaking Catholics were now under the rule of Protestant Britain under King George III.

1767 Death of Child
Marie-Geneviève VERNAS dite DUFRESNE died 19 May 1767, Berthierville, Québec, Canada (Berthier-en-Haut) (Ste-Genevieve-de-Berthier)

Louis was 56 years old.

1775 Death of Spouse/Partner
Genevieve DUVAL died 28 February 1775, L'Islet, Québec, Canada (L'Islet-sur-Mer) (Notre-Dame-de-Bon-Secours)

1775 - The Battle of Québec was fought on December 31 between the American Continental Army and British defenders of Québec City. It was the first major defeat for the Americans in the Revolutionary War.